Short Note On Receptors
The drugs interact at receptors by bonding at specific binding sites. Most receptors are made up of proteins, the drugs can therefore interact with the amino acids to change the conformation of the receptor proteins.
These interactions are very basic, just like that of other chemical bondings:
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